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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | crontab_add.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | init.sh | 9 |
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 13 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ # Installation instructions Follow these steps to install everything required for the project to run. -## Install the FoodJS repository: +## Install the FoodJS repository +Just clone it from github. If you want the server to be able to update itself automatically without modifying `init.sh`, you will have to do this in your home folder. ``` git clone "https://github.com/JoelHMikael/FoodJS.git" ``` @@ -122,4 +123,21 @@ Updating the developer table is pretty straightforward. You just need to provide ``` INSERT INTO devs (name, description, contact) VALUES ('[name]', '[description]', '[contact]'); ``` -> Insert the values in the quotation marks, don't change the text before the `VALUES` keyword.
\ No newline at end of file +> Insert the values in the quotation marks, don't change the text before the `VALUES` keyword. + +# Automatic server code updates +You can make the server update itself from github. To make this work, move `~/FoodJS/init.sh` to `~/init.sh`: +``` +mv ~/FoodJS/init.sh ~/init.sh +``` +This script should run at reboot, so next up you will have to set up some cronjobs: + +To your crontab: +``` +@reboot ~/init.sh +``` +To the crontab of **root** (you may have to update the shutdown path): +``` +0 0 * * 7 /sbin/shutdown -r +``` +If you need to troubleshoot the initialization, you can find both normal and error logs in /tmp/slogs (text file)
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/crontab_add.txt b/crontab_add.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c5135cb..0000000 --- a/crontab_add.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ -# these are probably going to need some fixing, for example the shutdown path may differ -# to normal user: -@reboot /home/USERNAME/init.sh - -# to root: -0 0 * * 7 /sbin/shutdown -r now @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ exec 2>>/tmp/slogs echo | date echo "Init running" -cd /home/joel +cd ~ echo "Removing old packages..." -rm -r -f ./FoodJS +rm -rf ./FoodJS echo "Waiting for connection..." while [ ! "$(ping 'www.github.com' -c 1)" ] @@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ do done echo "Cloning new packages..." -# Create a deployment key and save it in the default folder without passphrase to make this work: -git clone "git@github.com:JoelHMikael/FoodJS.git" +git clone "https://github.com/JoelHMikael/FoodJS.git" echo "Starting server..." -cd /home/joel/FoodJS +cd ~/FoodJS node ./server.js |